Originally Posted by: finger_cruncher...university education still remains one of the strongest means of measuring intelligence (and economic status).

I've seen lecturers who,have PHD's who are quie "unintelligent",by whateer measure you use to define intelligence.
I know everyone is familiar with Bill Gates's story(that he dropped out of Havard to co-found Microsoft),and if you look at the typical richest people in the world in magazines like Fortune and Forbes,you'll fing quite a few eight grade,high school,uni drop outs who are muthaf"""""g rich.
I dropped out of Uni(no.not to emulate Bill),so I can't vote here.
I think the thread should have read "the education level" of this community.
Plus intelligence is a bit subjective.
Plus I've heard about geniuses who quit school coz it's too boring for them.
Education level should have been the word,not intelligence.